Welcome once again to another installment of the One Week Later Report. Usually these are books that heated up or were good pick up for flipping, even going as far to report if books fell flat and you can now find at cheaper prices.
This week we’ll cover the books released on 02/19/2020.
Everyone should be able to guess last weeks top winner book right?
None other than the new Batman #89 that created a bit of chaos at some shops where there was limited availability, prices increased to secondary market prices and other shops shorted, only fulfilling pull requests.
What’s this book doing now a week later? It’s still on fire and still going up in price from last week. You could snag copies last week for around $25 on eBay but now most recent sold listings are now $35 on average. Some sets of A & B are seeing prices reach as high as $90.
What I think was overshadowed by the hype of Punchline in Batman #89 was the new BANG! #1 that hit shelves last week from Dark Horse as well.
Initially selling out, seems there’s a second wave available now. The ashcan is seeing good sales but things are settling down. The variant B cover by Kindt is still seeing sales top around the $8 to $12 range itself.
You can still find the A cover at TFAW for discount off cover price while Midtown jacked their prices up for each cover to $10 each. If you missed out, don’t pay Midtown prices. I think this one is a grab and stash for the long term gamble now.
There’s also a 2nd print that should have hit shelves today which features a new cover for you completists out there.
That pretty much sums up last week. I can only say if you missed it and you’re a Totoro fan while also picking up Bitter Root, seems they as in Power Comics still has their Bitter Root #6 Totoro homage cover available from their eBay store.
It’s a pretty kick ass variant and it doesn’t break the bank either at $9.99.
Don’t forget the Bitter Root #6 Spike Lee Do the Right Thing homage.
Those books are selling for $100-$150 if you can find them out in the wild!
A recent one sold at $222!
Nice, yeah, that one was likely a ghost at a lot of shops but the $222 has got to be swiping or something gone awry, since there are BIN listings at $119.99
Wish I understood the hype of batman 89, haven’t read it. New character and all but so much hype!
I think people are spec’n that she will be on par with Harley, as far as value for her 1st. I think people are seeing parallels in the two respective characters, and in turn they suspect that PL will be as popular as Harley. ?♂️
Nobody knows that much about her.. just FOMO right now.. We learn of her back story in Jokers 80th big issue. 😉
Oh and not much to read really, at least with new character in BM89.. she’s in just one pane at the end, talking on phone with Joker, only see from chin to nose..
What about the #89 variant? Is that a keeper or luster?
I think long term, Cover A will always be sought after first if this character sticks around. B is nice but it’s just a secondary cover art that’s irrelevant to the story for the most part, probably drawn months before the issue was even written.